Hockey Night in L.A.
So this crazy week, I had two different writing assignments that ended up being due around the same time. I worked on both of them this week, switching back and forth between the two. I turned the first one of them in this morning - the other one is due Monday. So I get to look forward to a weekend of writing, hunched over my keyboard like a crazed hermit typing out his Unabomber-like manifesto.
Ah, good times.
Though, I did manage to sneak out and go to opening night of the L.A. Kings last night at Staples Center. I'm a huge hockey nut and I got to watch the Kings beat the Coyotes 3-2. I could tell you all about what happened on the ice, like the goals, Wayne Gretzky's coaching error, the fights - but you can get that from ESPN. Lemme tell you about the best part of the game.
The national anthem before the game was played by Zach Wylde, who used to be Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist. It was AWESOME. He started the national anthem with a ton of distortion and feedback, then blasted into some power-rock version of the national anthem. He was FEELING it. He'd play five or six notes, then he'd strike a pose, blast some more distortion, and point to the sky, like some William Shatner-like hitch-pause method of guitar. Then he'd play another two or three notes, crank up more distortion, then point to the sky. This continued for several hours. Remember that Simpsons bit where Bleeding Gums Murphy sings the National Anthem? This was similar. Only with loud guitar feedback and distortion and frequent points to the sky.
Some fans were getting upset. It's not the most stirring rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, that's for sure, when you have people shouting, "This is a Roseanne Barr-like disgrace!" But the people in our section? We're laughing our HEADS OFF. Guys are calling their friends on their cell phones, shouting, "You have to hear this! It's the worst national anthem ever!"
He finally finished - and there was this stunned, "What the heck was that?" silence before the crowd cheered. If you go online and do a search on the L.A.Kings message boards, you'll find a lot of people discussing the national anthem.
Thank goodness it was a game between American teams. I think the world is a better place without an Ozzy Osbourne-like rendition of "Oh Canada".
Ah, good times.
Though, I did manage to sneak out and go to opening night of the L.A. Kings last night at Staples Center. I'm a huge hockey nut and I got to watch the Kings beat the Coyotes 3-2. I could tell you all about what happened on the ice, like the goals, Wayne Gretzky's coaching error, the fights - but you can get that from ESPN. Lemme tell you about the best part of the game.
The national anthem before the game was played by Zach Wylde, who used to be Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist. It was AWESOME. He started the national anthem with a ton of distortion and feedback, then blasted into some power-rock version of the national anthem. He was FEELING it. He'd play five or six notes, then he'd strike a pose, blast some more distortion, and point to the sky, like some William Shatner-like hitch-pause method of guitar. Then he'd play another two or three notes, crank up more distortion, then point to the sky. This continued for several hours. Remember that Simpsons bit where Bleeding Gums Murphy sings the National Anthem? This was similar. Only with loud guitar feedback and distortion and frequent points to the sky.
Some fans were getting upset. It's not the most stirring rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, that's for sure, when you have people shouting, "This is a Roseanne Barr-like disgrace!" But the people in our section? We're laughing our HEADS OFF. Guys are calling their friends on their cell phones, shouting, "You have to hear this! It's the worst national anthem ever!"
He finally finished - and there was this stunned, "What the heck was that?" silence before the crowd cheered. If you go online and do a search on the L.A.Kings message boards, you'll find a lot of people discussing the national anthem.
Thank goodness it was a game between American teams. I think the world is a better place without an Ozzy Osbourne-like rendition of "Oh Canada".
posted by Eugene at 4:10 PM
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